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there's an interesting book, i think it was rine hart and ro golf, professor from the university of maryland and from harvard who wrote a book "this time it's different" which chronicles the last years of history and once you get to 90% of debt to gdp, really bad things happen to one's economy. and we're close to that number. aren't we too late given the fact that the president isn't engaged and we're still at the commission level? >> alan said he couldn't quite hear. >> i have a hearing aid, but i would left it in the hotel. and somehow, the reverb ration, i can hear all that here but i don't quite get the corner. so it was a tough question and therefore i'll give it toers kin. >> we finish each other's sentences, we have dinner together the two of us all the time. we are partners completely. all good questions governor sanford, there are lots of skeptics. some commissions have worked, some haven't. al served on one that worked very well on the iraq study commission where i think now 59 of the recommendations have been adopted. as i said, i did personally negotiate the first balanced budget
there's an interesting book, i think it was rine hart and ro golf, professor from the university of maryland and from harvard who wrote a book "this time it's different" which chronicles the last years of history and once you get to 90% of debt to gdp, really bad things happen to one's economy. and we're close to that number. aren't we too late given the fact that the president isn't engaged and we're still at the commission level? >> alan said he couldn't quite hear. >> i...
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long ago most people i spoke to in line were from elsewhere atlanta florida l.a. a lot of people from maryland i do know that i was in atlanta in april and they broke their record sixty thousand people showed up so this is something word of mouth is getting around they're finding out that certainly there are enough success stories to talk about this and spread the message that you know what my house got saved my interest rate went down my payments went down i am able to put food on the table because of this program now is there do we know are there any other groups like around or they only want to look at if we see thousands and thousands of people coming out then it looks like perhaps the only ones that are actually helping people i think are smaller ones but this one has gained enough traction and has had such a success rate that i would even go far enough to say that it's probably the biggest one i should tell you too this is a corporation and from what i understand every time they restructure a mortgage they get five hundred dollars so they're making money too but it is a nonprofit it's ba
long ago most people i spoke to in line were from elsewhere atlanta florida l.a. a lot of people from maryland i do know that i was in atlanta in april and they broke their record sixty thousand people showed up so this is something word of mouth is getting around they're finding out that certainly there are enough success stories to talk about this and spread the message that you know what my house got saved my interest rate went down my payments went down i am able to put food on the table...
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host: sheila, good luck to you in maryland as well. you heard the news that governor blagojevich will not be testifying and the defense rests. here is "the chicago sun-times" a photograph. and "the chicago tribune." "the washington post" has a big lobbying story on its front page. most oil and gas lobbyist work for government. they write after their reporting -- today there are two hearings on capitol hill about the oil disaster in the gulf and how to repair and allay such situations in the future. also in "the new york times" this morning, democrats plan to aid small businesses hit to gop resistance. reporting that what republicans in the senate signaled that they would block a bill to expand government lending programs and grant an array of tax breaks to small businesses. the main point of disagreement is the centerpiece, a proposed $30 billion lending program that would make credit available to small businesses through local banks. some republicans decried it as any bailout. olympia snowe of maine and the senior republican on the co
host: sheila, good luck to you in maryland as well. you heard the news that governor blagojevich will not be testifying and the defense rests. here is "the chicago sun-times" a photograph. and "the chicago tribune." "the washington post" has a big lobbying story on its front page. most oil and gas lobbyist work for government. they write after their reporting -- today there are two hearings on capitol hill about the oil disaster in the gulf and how to repair and...
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it was centered in the rock firm maryland area. a series of earthquakes shook sonoma county over night. one at midnight earlier in the day to larger ones hit the region of 4.0 it had a 830 yesterday morning and three. day struck before 5 yesterday evening. dozens of lightning strikes nearly killed an elderly woman. they got inside her home in sector but two firefighters suffered burns to their arms as a result. weather conditions have been a nightmare with strong winds and lightning moving over the area. incidently be pieces they are encouraged by early results by the cap no signs of underground leaks that the latest from the gulf. a live look from walnut creek traffic moving wall on north and southbound 680 current temperature 60 degrees low 90s by 3:00 p.m. we will be back 545 a quick recap of top stories of all as scheduled a press conference for a few hours from now they will talk about reception problems with iphone 4. important deadline is set for today which could mean a possible strike at ac transit if that does happen it w
it was centered in the rock firm maryland area. a series of earthquakes shook sonoma county over night. one at midnight earlier in the day to larger ones hit the region of 4.0 it had a 830 yesterday morning and three. day struck before 5 yesterday evening. dozens of lightning strikes nearly killed an elderly woman. they got inside her home in sector but two firefighters suffered burns to their arms as a result. weather conditions have been a nightmare with strong winds and lightning moving over...
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host: joe, maryland. good morning. caller: how are you? host: what do you think of federal funding for expanding the internet? caller: a great idea. not quite electrification in the 1930's, but as an expansion of government funding, it is a great investment of tax dollars. compared to the extensions of unemployment benefits, these are the investments we should be making. a great opportunity to create jobs in the short term. host: more from "the new york times." "while the program will reach many areas in many states, there are still some who will not be helped. in the mountains of north carolina they have been trying unsuccessfully since 2006 to persuade at&t to replace their dial-up service. "i can get around by e-mail ok, but when it comes to on-line meetings is really frustrating." chicago, illinois. randy? hello. caller: hello. i have serious problems with wasting federal money on this demographic. host: why do you call it wasting? caller: we are talking about people who are uneducated and are simply unable to use the technology. that
host: joe, maryland. good morning. caller: how are you? host: what do you think of federal funding for expanding the internet? caller: a great idea. not quite electrification in the 1930's, but as an expansion of government funding, it is a great investment of tax dollars. compared to the extensions of unemployment benefits, these are the investments we should be making. a great opportunity to create jobs in the short term. host: more from "the new york times." "while the program...
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madam speaker, i'd now like to yield to the leader, the majority leader, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentlelady from ohio for yielding. i thank her for taking this special order. and rise in strong support, as the house has already done, saying that we remember those who are unemployed, through no fault of their own. nearly 2.5 million out of work americans are without unemployment insurance today. that means they can't -- don't have dollars to buy food, they don't have dollars to pay their mortgage, they don't have dollars to pay gas to even look for a job. there's one reason, republicans are blocking those benefits in the united states senate. period. it's the only reason. we've passed it. several republican members of congress and candidates have suggested that unemployment insurance makes americans too lazy or uninterested in looking for work. this is at time, frankly, when five unemployed americans are looking for work for every one job that is available. one republican member of the house even asked, is the government now creating hobos? is the
madam speaker, i'd now like to yield to the leader, the majority leader, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentlelady from ohio for yielding. i thank her for taking this special order. and rise in strong support, as the house has already done, saying that we remember those who are unemployed, through no fault of their own. nearly 2.5 million out of work americans are without unemployment insurance today. that means they can't -- don't have dollars to buy food, they...
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from silver spring, maryland's next with bob on the republican line. caller: i look forward to reading your book. can you tell us how many foreign countries the u.s. has troops in? and how much this is costing every year? guest: good question. i don't have the numbers off the top of my head. i actually think trying to get a firm number is very difficult. some people have tried. the number of countries where the u.s. has military presence is large. the cost of that is quite remarkably high. i am not suggesting the u.s. should withdraw from all those commitments. there are lots of places in the world where the expense is relatively low given the degree of stability that we maintain. it might not be a good idea for the u.s. to withdraw troops from japan and have japan go nuclear and then have a more destabilizing arms race in asia. but i think there are -- i don't think -- we should be willing to have a hard look at all of these commitments and not simply allow the inner chef of past commitments to basically continue on forever, because i think we are goi
from silver spring, maryland's next with bob on the republican line. caller: i look forward to reading your book. can you tell us how many foreign countries the u.s. has troops in? and how much this is costing every year? guest: good question. i don't have the numbers off the top of my head. i actually think trying to get a firm number is very difficult. some people have tried. the number of countries where the u.s. has military presence is large. the cost of that is quite remarkably high. i am...
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host: maryland, republican line. timothy, you are on the air. caller: i have been a republican all my life. due to this and and when that thing, which i am currently drawing unemployment and trying to get extended, it seems like it is only the democrats will lead to do anything for this country right now. all you hear is bp, oil, bp, will appear -- oil. compared to the 15 million in this country, i find it upsurge in past billions of dollars to go to the war in afghanistan. what is that the wing for the economy? i think i am going to start voting democratic. i just think it's real sad that all of these people are affected and here they are home the fourth of july and can't get anything done about this unemployment. i would definitely changed parties. it would not be for the independences, but would be for democrats. host: do you have republican friends who are on the employed and sang the same thing? caller: i live in a small county and i guarantee that just about all of my friends are republicans and this county is just about all republican and
host: maryland, republican line. timothy, you are on the air. caller: i have been a republican all my life. due to this and and when that thing, which i am currently drawing unemployment and trying to get extended, it seems like it is only the democrats will lead to do anything for this country right now. all you hear is bp, oil, bp, will appear -- oil. compared to the 15 million in this country, i find it upsurge in past billions of dollars to go to the war in afghanistan. what is that the...
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maryland, good morning. caller: the biggest supporters for the volt but of be ball in venezuela, iraq, iran, the people that are scared of americans coming at them and sending blackwater to plant bombs and kill 600,000 people like they did in iraq, which they continue to do. our water is turning black in the gulf just because god is punishing us for what we did over there by looking the other way when blackwater was killing all of those people, which they continue to do. all of these bombs in pakistan and iraq, oil for blackwater. it will save us from doing that for the world. i hope to god that this is a great success. it will save the world on the monsters we have created. host: thank you. "$41,000, that is more than i over my house. i would purchase a segue first before i spend that much of my car." who has insurance, who does not have health insurance? looking at a state-by-state breakdown, the number of uninsured in massachusetts is 435,000, washington, d.c., 65,000, ohio is that 1.1 million, virginia i
maryland, good morning. caller: the biggest supporters for the volt but of be ball in venezuela, iraq, iran, the people that are scared of americans coming at them and sending blackwater to plant bombs and kill 600,000 people like they did in iraq, which they continue to do. our water is turning black in the gulf just because god is punishing us for what we did over there by looking the other way when blackwater was killing all of those people, which they continue to do. all of these bombs in...
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kevin blacki sfoen is professor of sports journalism at the university of maryland. he's a regular commentator on espn and a sports columnist for aol fanhouse and richard deitsch for sports from sports ill stated it thank you both for being with us. kevin blackistone what do you make of the decision? >> well, i was disappoint. i hoped that he would stay in cleveland. i certainly understand his desire and his right to exercise history agency ability. but i think that this was just handled horribly. here was a guy who had a very fine career in the nba, not only on the court but also off it too. he was one of the most beloved players i think in the league and i think that overnight evil anized his personality in the way in which he departed cleveland. he did it from a distance. he seemed to do it coldly, with calculation. and i think that really turned off a lot of people. >> woodruff: richard deitsch how did you see it. >> i agree with kevin. i think its with a cold and callous thing to go on television in sort of a one-hour information, basically saying good-bye to ch
kevin blacki sfoen is professor of sports journalism at the university of maryland. he's a regular commentator on espn and a sports columnist for aol fanhouse and richard deitsch for sports from sports ill stated it thank you both for being with us. kevin blackistone what do you make of the decision? >> well, i was disappoint. i hoped that he would stay in cleveland. i certainly understand his desire and his right to exercise history agency ability. but i think that this was just handled...
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. >> reporter: popper who ran the maryland state high risk pool before he took his post at h.h.s., estimates as many as 400,000 americans may enroll in the new federally funded program. >> you talk directly to the radiation oncologist. >> reporter: 29 states in the district of columbia will run their own high-risk programs using their share of a $5 billion federal pool of money set aside. 21 others have opted out. in those states h.h.s. will run the pools through a third party administrator. to qualify applicants must be an american citizen, have been denied coverage by an insurer because of a medical condition, and be uninsured for at least six months. for carol, all of this can't come soon enough. right now he's stuck paying out of pocket for her medical care and prescription medication which she estimates totals $8,000 a year. >> for me to see my cardiologist again, i should have another echo cardio gram. that will be $1200. in the back of my mind there's always that fear, you know, if i have a twinge in my heart or one day i might be feeling a little lessener energetic, i'm thinking, oh,
. >> reporter: popper who ran the maryland state high risk pool before he took his post at h.h.s., estimates as many as 400,000 americans may enroll in the new federally funded program. >> you talk directly to the radiation oncologist. >> reporter: 29 states in the district of columbia will run their own high-risk programs using their share of a $5 billion federal pool of money set aside. 21 others have opted out. in those states h.h.s. will run the pools through a third party...
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she has been praised by the maryland bankers association and the maryland consumer rights coalition for a fair, balanced approach to regulation in our state. that is no easy task to get both the bankers and the consumers to believe that you are doing the right thing and i applaud her for her dallas leadership in the state of maryland. -- for her balanced leadership in the state of maryland. she served on the joint economic committee to congress. i am sure shall continue her commitment to keep our banks safe and sound for dedication and work ethic are tremendous asset to our nation at this critical time. i wholly -- i wholeheartedly recommend terminatioher nominat. >> paul, welcome back to the familiar haunts. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i am pleased to be back with you. we used to sit up there and conspired together. i have commit. i am here in strong support of sarah bluegrass in to be on the federal reserve board. -- sara bloom raskin. i am not going to repeat the biographical statement that senator card in made. i do want to make a few quick observations. sarah has been an
she has been praised by the maryland bankers association and the maryland consumer rights coalition for a fair, balanced approach to regulation in our state. that is no easy task to get both the bankers and the consumers to believe that you are doing the right thing and i applaud her for her dallas leadership in the state of maryland. -- for her balanced leadership in the state of maryland. she served on the joint economic committee to congress. i am sure shall continue her commitment to keep...
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for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, i rise today in commemoration of the 36th anniversary of the turkish invasion of cyprus. mr. sarbanes: the occupation of this tiny island republic is a symptom that turkey's indifference of intolerance and democratic values. they continue to resettle some 180,000 an tollian turks in the homes and possessions of the 100,000 greeks that was evicted from the occupied territories. the turkish military is eradicating he had lenic and christian heritage with all of the 500 greek orthodox churches there having been looted, desecrated or destroyed. on this the 36th anniversary of the invasion and occupation of cyprus, the united states should demand an immediate withdrawal of the 45,000 turkish soldiers now occupying northern cyprus and should continue to press this issue in every interaction with turkish officials. this should promote a values-based alliance
for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, i rise today in commemoration of the 36th anniversary of the turkish invasion of cyprus. mr. sarbanes: the occupation of this tiny island republic is a symptom that turkey's indifference of intolerance and democratic values. they continue to resettle some 180,000 an tollian turks in the homes...
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host: oscar joins us from maryland on the democratic line. good morning to you, oscar. caller: thank you for taking my call. one of my main concerns is that we went into the war mainly because of the disaster of george bush and dick cheney who now own curdish region of iraqi oil. his father was pushed into going to war. now they are in the curdish region and owns the oil. as soon -- as long as he is there, they will be there to protect the interest of the one american. i would encourage everyone to go them and see the fascinating articles that come up. what is your stance regarding that? guest: there's no doubt that oil is an important economic asset. i would just like to clarify that most -- the majority of the major oil fields in a iraq are under the country. nearly all of the oil contracts were awarded to various international countries. only one of which is american. you cannot really equate the search for oil directly with american policy. there are other companies involved, some of which are american. the scale of the involvement cannot be compared to the amount o
host: oscar joins us from maryland on the democratic line. good morning to you, oscar. caller: thank you for taking my call. one of my main concerns is that we went into the war mainly because of the disaster of george bush and dick cheney who now own curdish region of iraqi oil. his father was pushed into going to war. now they are in the curdish region and owns the oil. as soon -- as long as he is there, they will be there to protect the interest of the one american. i would encourage...
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host: maryland, republican line. the wake said. call -- go ahead. caller: i have one question. i noticed that mr. love is with the united states interagency council on homelessness. does that fall under any federal agency, or is he part of our group that president obama has called in as a czar group to help him? another questionn+ -- does this work duplicate some of the things that other agencies inn% existence are giving aid to? guest: that is a very good question. actually, the u.s. interagency council on homelessness is an indepeedent agency, comprised of 19 other federal agencies. the specific job the council is to coordinate the work of those agennies. as opposed to duplicating the efforts, our role is to make sure that every stick on the other federal agencies are coordinated, -- is to make sure that those efforts by the other federal agencies are coordinated. host: that may sound like a cz ar agency to some. guest: it may, but it came about in 1987 as part of the official response to homelessness. host: what is the operating budget? guest: a little over $2 million, for o
host: maryland, republican line. the wake said. call -- go ahead. caller: i have one question. i noticed that mr. love is with the united states interagency council on homelessness. does that fall under any federal agency, or is he part of our group that president obama has called in as a czar group to help him? another questionn+ -- does this work duplicate some of the things that other agencies inn% existence are giving aid to? guest: that is a very good question. actually, the u.s....
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with the maryland attorney general and cable europe president. that is tonight on c-span2. last year, president obama created a commission providing policy advice on by zero ethical issues. . >> i would like to introduce diane as our designated federal officer. that makes this meeting legal. good morning. i am amy gutmann, chair of the presidenal commission on the study of bioethical issues. our co-chaired jim wagner will introduce the first session. we are now starting the second day of our meeting on synthetic biology. yesterday, we heard from some of the leading experts in synthetic biology. we received a very clear overview of the science. we learned about the likely future applications and benefits. we heard about some of the potential risks and other ethical concerns. let me fantasize that this is the first of three meetings on this topic. rome -- let me emphasize that this is the first three meetings on this topic. we a planned this one to be an overview. we will take a deeper dive in september at our next meeting. it is also open to the public, september 13 and 14.
with the maryland attorney general and cable europe president. that is tonight on c-span2. last year, president obama created a commission providing policy advice on by zero ethical issues. . >> i would like to introduce diane as our designated federal officer. that makes this meeting legal. good morning. i am amy gutmann, chair of the presidenal commission on the study of bioethical issues. our co-chaired jim wagner will introduce the first session. we are now starting the second day of...
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one thing that we needed to do in maryland was to act very quickly to reform our laws. some of them were not at all fit for what the situation was. i think the ability to react quickly is important. then the ability to move these into a more maximum picture would be critical. >> we are getting ready to pass some legislation in the next 35 minutes regardless of what your testimony is. in any 2300 page bill, there will be provisions in it. i will not say that this is the worst bill that has ever been created but this is a tremendous missed opportunity. i wonder if there are things that you would have liked to have seen in the legislation that will be passed regardless of what you say. you think this might have caused our country to deal with some of those things that were in the run-up to the crisis. >> the legislation is of is it the product of a lot of hard work. there has been a lot of good mines put to the tass of trying to put it in place a system of reforms that can almost insure that we don't have a situation like this crisis. to be completely candid, i think that
one thing that we needed to do in maryland was to act very quickly to reform our laws. some of them were not at all fit for what the situation was. i think the ability to react quickly is important. then the ability to move these into a more maximum picture would be critical. >> we are getting ready to pass some legislation in the next 35 minutes regardless of what your testimony is. in any 2300 page bill, there will be provisions in it. i will not say that this is the worst bill that has...
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. >>> we now move to the chilling story of a 27-year-old man in maryland that police call a suspect in a series of mother-daughter murders. >> capturing jason thomas scott and cracking the case was quite a challenge for investigators near washington, d.c. pierre thomas reports. >> reporter: the horror began at this home on january 26th, 2009, as an intruder neutralized the alarm system and slipped in. karen lofton, a 45-year-old nurse, was fatally shot as she tried to hide in this corner. her 16-year-old daughter was repeatedly shot as she frantically dialed 911 from her bed. police were perplexed. the doors were locked. no signs of forced entry. neighbors were terrified. two months later, the bodies of dolores dewitt, 42, and her 20-year-old daughter, ebony, were found in a burning car less than a mile away from the loftons' home. another nurse and a daughter killed. >> i will tell you mr. scott presented us with a very challenging ability to identify him as a suspect. >> reporter: this man, jason thomas scott, was charged in the murders of the dewitts and the chief of police here is
. >>> we now move to the chilling story of a 27-year-old man in maryland that police call a suspect in a series of mother-daughter murders. >> capturing jason thomas scott and cracking the case was quite a challenge for investigators near washington, d.c. pierre thomas reports. >> reporter: the horror began at this home on january 26th, 2009, as an intruder neutralized the alarm system and slipped in. karen lofton, a 45-year-old nurse, was fatally shot as she tried to hide...
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saying it was a broad bill maryland where it is centered. back here in california education officials are publicly denouncing gov. schwarzenegger's latest budget revision officials say funding for public education in california has lost $17 billion. it's been cut by 17 billion in the past two years in the governor's plan makes things worse by trying to suspend this state's minimum test budget. californians are split over arizonas controversial immigration laws. it's the law requires police officers to question please people's immigration status based on any reasonable suspicions after being stopped of the real spirit loss was take effect in the month. israfil pulled up by california voters actually prove a lot 49 to 45 percent margin of 62% of democrats approve will 77 percent of republicans approved. will bareback is the kron 4 morning news continues watching weather around the bay to be hot, watch and wall street as well big drop for the dow down hundred and 71.3 now will have more after the break. a quick recap of the top stories a big dr
saying it was a broad bill maryland where it is centered. back here in california education officials are publicly denouncing gov. schwarzenegger's latest budget revision officials say funding for public education in california has lost $17 billion. it's been cut by 17 billion in the past two years in the governor's plan makes things worse by trying to suspend this state's minimum test budget. californians are split over arizonas controversial immigration laws. it's the law requires police...
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bill ritter and maryland gov. martin o'malley will make presentations over the weekend. governors are starting to gather in boston for the annual meeting of the national governors association. the theme for today, achieving a sustainable health-care system. we will also have live coverage of an event talking about childhood nutrition and obesity. we will hear about the senate races in indiana and arizona. hat is and that is with curtis dubay of the heritage foundation but first this campaign 2010 update. >> today we are looking at two competitive senate races and joining us from the politico is a reporter to talk about indiana where brad ellsworth is out with a new ad the democratic candidate running against the republican candidate dan coates. why is ellsworth spending in july, some of his money, on a new ad for this general election? >> he is from the southwestern part of indiana, and if you remember how this went down he was a le entry in the race because of the retirement of edmond bye. coates was a long-time nor, been there -- senator and has much higher name identi
bill ritter and maryland gov. martin o'malley will make presentations over the weekend. governors are starting to gather in boston for the annual meeting of the national governors association. the theme for today, achieving a sustainable health-care system. we will also have live coverage of an event talking about childhood nutrition and obesity. we will hear about the senate races in indiana and arizona. hat is and that is with curtis dubay of the heritage foundation but first this campaign...
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host: last call for neil irwin comes from maryland. caller: good morning. america replaced england at the end of world war ii. we have been the reserve currency. from 1945 to 1987 we were the worl credit agency. america became the world's debt nation. china has $789 billion of american dead. a few months ago, they refused to hold it. japan took a dislike. now channel now china on the $750 billion. the biggest mistake is moving from the dollar to thgold standard -- from the gold standard. in 1933-1934, that is one of the main reasons we nt to war against iraq. petroleum is done through the dollar. they were going to change it to the euro. frnkfurt, germany, holds the second load of gold. host: we will leave it there. guest: the u.s. is a reserve currency, is that as we took over from britain. this is a blessing and a curse. people use dollars when they want to exchange. when things looked shaky, people pour money into dollars. that is what has happened. once a month in india by india -- buys oil from saudi arabia, the exchange in dollars and not in domestic
host: last call for neil irwin comes from maryland. caller: good morning. america replaced england at the end of world war ii. we have been the reserve currency. from 1945 to 1987 we were the worl credit agency. america became the world's debt nation. china has $789 billion of american dead. a few months ago, they refused to hold it. japan took a dislike. now channel now china on the $750 billion. the biggest mistake is moving from the dollar to thgold standard -- from the gold standard. in...
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>> baltimore, maryland. >> and there's a bunch of birthdays. >> it's okay. >> you look flawless. >> i'm 21. >> it looks good on you, too. >> where are you guys from? >> cleveland, ohio. i'm 30 and pregnant! >> are the one that george came over to talk to. now, there's two announcements. we're doing a do-over. let's get to the boards. we've got one or two things going on. you look great for 30 and pregnant. here's what's happening. all along that cold front, a slight shift in numbers. slightly cooler, but not enough to notice it. that's all the heat in the country.@j >> okay. well, we'll have more weather from times square in the next half hour. >>> in just 24 hours, lindsey lohan begins her toughest role yet. the new trip behind bars help her turn her life around? andrea canning has a look at lohan's final hours of treatment and how stars have fared in prison? >> reporter: lindsay lohan has chosen to spend her final days in rehab here at the pickford facility in los angeles. it's owned by robert shapiro. he agreed to represent ms. low lan on the condition that she complies with all of t
>> baltimore, maryland. >> and there's a bunch of birthdays. >> it's okay. >> you look flawless. >> i'm 21. >> it looks good on you, too. >> where are you guys from? >> cleveland, ohio. i'm 30 and pregnant! >> are the one that george came over to talk to. now, there's two announcements. we're doing a do-over. let's get to the boards. we've got one or two things going on. you look great for 30 and pregnant. here's what's happening. all along...
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law, the grass roots in the maryland law center may happen. since you have an entitlement to it, it is an earlier decision. she said, i do not think i know anyone who is 84 that is not in a nursing facility. but if i could get help, my son would be delighted if i moved into them. it is not always an accurate perception, but in this case, it was. in some cases, the sun will say he is delighted, but it will not happen. but in this case, it was. and i have young people who were shocked to find out, not just that i would significant disabilities, who avoided going into a state institution just because i had a sense of humor. seriously. that is how i escaped. my father did not have the heart for it. i was a toddler. he tell my sister, as long as she is laughing and she makes us laugh, then we will keep her home. we know she will not live very long, but we're keeping her home as long as she is laughing. that is how my sister understood it. she was a little kid. she said, it looks like maybe she is going to keep laughing. i do not think she will die.
law, the grass roots in the maryland law center may happen. since you have an entitlement to it, it is an earlier decision. she said, i do not think i know anyone who is 84 that is not in a nursing facility. but if i could get help, my son would be delighted if i moved into them. it is not always an accurate perception, but in this case, it was. in some cases, the sun will say he is delighted, but it will not happen. but in this case, it was. and i have young people who were shocked to find...
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host: mount airy, maryland. caller: basically, people in washington are not listening to the american people. if you closed down the border, it would show that we are the problem. the drug traffic would stop because the border would be closed. that would address a lot of issues. it is not a matter of democrat, republican. we are pretty much in the same vote. host: jess ford is the director of international affairs and trade at the gao. have you looked at the issue of the fence along the border? guest: we have another part of the gao looking at that part of the program, looking at border initiatives. we have not yet completed the work, so i cannot comment on our findings. host: arkansas. caller: i just have a simple question. why is this administration, and the past administration, why the you keep trying to build a nationations? this is our nation. we are not doing this for the people of mexico. we have people dying, we have had state parks that are closing down, but you refuse to recognize that. i do not unders
host: mount airy, maryland. caller: basically, people in washington are not listening to the american people. if you closed down the border, it would show that we are the problem. the drug traffic would stop because the border would be closed. that would address a lot of issues. it is not a matter of democrat, republican. we are pretty much in the same vote. host: jess ford is the director of international affairs and trade at the gao. have you looked at the issue of the fence along the border?...
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. >> about 150 ponies took the plunge yesterday, swimming across a 200-yard channel between maryland and virginia. it was the 85th annual pony swim at chincoteague. the event made famous by the 1947 novel "misty of chincoteague." >> 40,000 spectators showed up to watch this year. these ponies will be auctioned off. hopefully after a bath. the money goes to a volunteer fire department that cares for the herd. we'll be right back. hoveround power chair? the statue of liberty? the grand canyon? it's all possible ith a hoveround., tom: hi i'm tom kruse, inventor rand founder of hoveround., when we say you're free to see the world, we mean it. call today and get a free overound information kit, that includes a video and full color brochure. dennis celorie: "it's by far the best chair i've ever owned." terri: "last year, 9 out of 10 people got their hoveround for "little or no money." jim plunkitt: "no cost. absolutely no cost to me." breaking news...when you call today, we'll include a free hoveround collapsible grabber with the purchase of your power chair. it reaches, it grabs, it's col
. >> about 150 ponies took the plunge yesterday, swimming across a 200-yard channel between maryland and virginia. it was the 85th annual pony swim at chincoteague. the event made famous by the 1947 novel "misty of chincoteague." >> 40,000 spectators showed up to watch this year. these ponies will be auctioned off. hopefully after a bath. the money goes to a volunteer fire department that cares for the herd. we'll be right back. hoveround power chair? the statue of...
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the first call comes from jeremy, baltimore, maryland. go ahead. caller: how's it going? thank you fo[no audio] host: jeremy? caller: hello? host: go ahead. caller: i do not think it would be the most prudent thing to do right now given our current economic standing. i think we should cut back on spending. i do not think that this would be themost prudent thing to do. not for government spending. host: you think that the private sector can do a better job at extending the reach of the internet into these rural areas it? caller: considering our government spending right now, i think it right now it would not be the most prudent thing for the government to do. we should try other means, expanding things. i think that that will probably be a lot better if we give the private industry a try. hos more from "the new york times," article in the business section this morning. "for some it will mean the difference between isolation and being connected to the rest of the world. "if you have no high-speed internet connection it is almost impossible to get anything done any more," ac
the first call comes from jeremy, baltimore, maryland. go ahead. caller: how's it going? thank you fo[no audio] host: jeremy? caller: hello? host: go ahead. caller: i do not think it would be the most prudent thing to do right now given our current economic standing. i think we should cut back on spending. i do not think that this would be themost prudent thing to do. not for government spending. host: you think that the private sector can do a better job at extending the reach of the internet...
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we got this idea from governor o'malley from maryland. with our partners will lot would -- we launched a campaign to end on corporate we form a coalition with kohl's. increase -- with goals, increase the number of children in the school lunch program, the school breakfast program, and also develop and execute a specific and measurable plan to end childhood hunger by 2015 in colorado. the campaign launched an aggressive outreach campaign to expand the summer meals program. just like a political campaign, e use posters, fliers, psa's and even calls to parents. these efforts resulted in a 50% increase in the number of summer meals sites and an increase in the number of meals served. governors, we have not invested in the state funds to make it happen. we are using federal dollars more creatively and effectively. in fact, where one of four state is using funds to support expansion of summer meal programs. our goal is to serve 10,000 more kids this summer than last summer, and for the first time in colorado, serve more than 1 million meals. ba
we got this idea from governor o'malley from maryland. with our partners will lot would -- we launched a campaign to end on corporate we form a coalition with kohl's. increase -- with goals, increase the number of children in the school lunch program, the school breakfast program, and also develop and execute a specific and measurable plan to end childhood hunger by 2015 in colorado. the campaign launched an aggressive outreach campaign to expand the summer meals program. just like a political...
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from silver spring, maryland's next with bob on the republican line. caller: i look forward to reading your book. can you tell us how many foreign countries the u.s. has troops in? and how much this is costing every year? guest: good question. i don't have the numbers off the top of my head. i actually think trying to get a firm number is very difficult. some people have tried. the number of countries where the u.s. has military presence is large. the cost of that is quite remarkably high. i am not suggesting the u.s. should withdraw from all those commitments. there are lots of places in the world where the expense is relatively low given the degree of stability that we maintain. it might not be a good idea for the u.s. to withdraw troops from japan and have japan go nuclear and then have a more destabilizing arms race in asia. but i think there are -- i don't think -- we should be willing to have a hard look at alof these commitments and not simply allow the inner chef of past commitments to basically continue on forever, because i think we are going
from silver spring, maryland's next with bob on the republican line. caller: i look forward to reading your book. can you tell us how many foreign countries the u.s. has troops in? and how much this is costing every year? guest: good question. i don't have the numbers off the top of my head. i actually think trying to get a firm number is very difficult. some people have tried. the number of countries where the u.s. has military presence is large. the cost of that is quite remarkably high. i am...
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if someone wants cheaper liquor, their rundown to maryland or new jersey. they go somewhere else where they are not run by the states. if the state gets rid of it, we do away with the wages. a point on wages, by the way. the wages for state workers are very good. the benefits are excellent. you cannot get all of those benefits in private industry. there is a lot of cost and maintenance and upkeep for those. basically, they are getting some profit at the height maintenance cost. collect the taxes. we will get as much money as we would from the so-called profit from the liquor stores. and the unions -- the salary in the state is very good. benefits are excellent. but state government is inefficient. we probably have too many people to begin with. unions, by and large, do you ever notice when we talk about bankers and wall street and those fat cats, we always used the term, "agreed -- "greed?" but if you try to cut saiu by 1 cent, the greed comes out of their years and their eyes. it is amazing. host: we're down to the last minute or so. give us your take on t
if someone wants cheaper liquor, their rundown to maryland or new jersey. they go somewhere else where they are not run by the states. if the state gets rid of it, we do away with the wages. a point on wages, by the way. the wages for state workers are very good. the benefits are excellent. you cannot get all of those benefits in private industry. there is a lot of cost and maintenance and upkeep for those. basically, they are getting some profit at the height maintenance cost. collect the...
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level lower if you are in any state, we know the epidemic is not spread so if you one-- pick one state maryland, you could say most of the cases are in baltimore and montgomery, prince george's county but even in the city so in the district of columbia it is concentrated so there is much more hiv is to the river here than other parts. so the geographic issues are something we think the strategy needs to address. >> can i just say also, piece of this puzzle is that i think, tell the passage of the affordable care act, the dealing with health disparies and the gap in access to good care were dramatic, and some of that have differentlevels of eligibility for medicaid. that will change. states have different outreach efforts with the doubling of the community health center footprint that occurred because the recovery act, that will change. with the pipeline for additional medical providers, particularly medical providers coming out of minority communities. i think we have me strategies now in place and some funding now in place that goes directly to some of the disparities, some of which are geogra
level lower if you are in any state, we know the epidemic is not spread so if you one-- pick one state maryland, you could say most of the cases are in baltimore and montgomery, prince george's county but even in the city so in the district of columbia it is concentrated so there is much more hiv is to the river here than other parts. so the geographic issues are something we think the strategy needs to address. >> can i just say also, piece of this puzzle is that i think, tell the...
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hastings: i'm pleased at this time to yield to the -- two minutes to the gentlewoman from maryland, donna edwards. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. ms. edwards: thank you, mr. speaker. look, at 3:00 this afternoon, 2,742,660 americans were denied an extension of their unemployment benefits. it's just that simple. i've heard the arguments on the other side but when a liberal goes in to buy bread, nobody says that's liberal bread. when a conservative goes in to buy cereal, nobody says that's conservative cereal. when republicans go in to pay their rent, nobody says that's republican rent. when democrats go to pay they the electric bill, nobody says it's a democratic electric bill. yet here on this floor we have heard time and time again about liberals and conservatives and republicans and democrats and when americans are unemployed, it doesn't matter what any of those labels are buzz they're -- because they're trying to feed their families and take care of their responsibilities. and they have paid in, in many cases, for years and years and year, into
hastings: i'm pleased at this time to yield to the -- two minutes to the gentlewoman from maryland, donna edwards. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. ms. edwards: thank you, mr. speaker. look, at 3:00 this afternoon, 2,742,660 americans were denied an extension of their unemployment benefits. it's just that simple. i've heard the arguments on the other side but when a liberal goes in to buy bread, nobody says that's liberal bread. when a conservative goes in...
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our next call is from baltimore, maryland. david, are you with us? caller: hello? host: welcome. i see that you are calling on the democratic line. go right ahead. do you think that national security and intelligence security are keeping us safe? caller: know. if it was about the bloated budget that we have, what about one week ago? but why would like to say to all of the chicken hawk republicans, if you would like to balance the budget >> we will leave "washington journal" at this time as the u.s. house's gaveling in. this week the members are expected to take up unemployment benefits and additional war spending, and measures dealing with oil drilling. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. july 19, 2010. i hereby appoint the honorable donna f. edwards to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 6, 2009, the chair would n
our next call is from baltimore, maryland. david, are you with us? caller: hello? host: welcome. i see that you are calling on the democratic line. go right ahead. do you think that national security and intelligence security are keeping us safe? caller: know. if it was about the bloated budget that we have, what about one week ago? but why would like to say to all of the chicken hawk republicans, if you would like to balance the budget >> we will leave "washington journal" at...